1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season
The 1895–96 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 11th season of play. Ottawa placed second in the league.
Team business
At the team annual meeting, the following officers were elected:
- Hon. T. M. Daly – Honorary president
- P. D. Ross – Honorary vice-president
- A. Z. Palmer – President
- S. Maynard Rogers – Vice-president
- D'Arcy Scott – Secretary
- G. Patterson Murphy – Treasurer
- C. T. Kirby – Captain
- H. Y. Russell, H. Pulford, W. A. Cox – Executive committee
Source: "Sports of all sorts". The Globe. November 25, 1895. p. 6.
Season
Highlights
After playing both goal and forward in the previous season, Harry Westwick played forward only and he responded with 8 goals. Alf Smith was close behind with 7 goals. Fred Chittick played all eight games for Ottawa.
Ottawa was the only team to defeat the Montreal Victorias, defeating them 3–2 in Montreal before 5000 fans. The Victorias won the return match in Ottawa by the same 3–2 score.
Final Standing
Schedule and results
Day |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
Score |
Record |
Notes |
January |
4 | Ottawa | 2 | Shamrocks | 1 | 1–0 | |
18 | Montreal | 1 | Ottawa | 3 | 2–0 | |
25 | Ottawa | 2 | Quebec | 5 | 2–1 | |
February |
1 | Ottawa | 3 | Victorias | 2 | 3–1 | |
8 | Victorias | 3 | Ottawa | 2 | 3–2 | 6'00, overtime |
15 | Ottawa | 3 | Montreal | 2 | 4–2 | |
29 | Shamrocks | 2 | Ottawa | 3 | 5–2 | |
March |
7 | Quebec | 0 | Ottawa | 4 | 6–2 | |
Player statistics
Goaltending averages
Name |
Club |
GP |
GA |
SO |
Avg. |
Chittick, Fred | Ottawa | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2.0 |
Scoring Leaders
Roster
- Fred Chittick (goal)
- Chauncy Kirby
- Harvey Pulford
- Herbert Russell
- Alf Smith
- Harry Westwick
- Fred White
- Weldy Young
Source: Kitchen(2008), p. 341
See also
References
- Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. pp. 27–29.
- Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.
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